Our neighbors claim that this is the wettest autumn they can remember in past times. And, the truth is, it has been raining constantly mixed with snow, wet snow, a bit of sunshine and then rain again. No matter how one sees it, one can claim as the saying goes, there´s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing, for me, this is just crap talking. I hate rain and it is an irritation to a lover of life. That said, yesterday was a life highlight! Our little family did a walk up to a few of the many peaks belonging to the Qaqqarsuaq Range. It was an easy and simple 6 hour return trip in mainly rain and it also revealed that Dana is back in the old style of herself, not the moaning pre-school way of late!

One of the main reasons for doing this life journey was in fact to make more time available for the family of being together. Less work. Less Internet time. More time in the great outdoors. Together. And yesterday was a highlight, bad weather or not. And the nature and the environment here is dead easy to travel in. There´s no wild animals or insects, just some lichen and rocks, great visibility, loads of drinking water and hardly ever any people. Plus great views and vistas. And fresh healthy air. This is already a great plus in our lives here!

Otherwise, it does take its time to resettle here. I think hardest is getting used to the small space of movement in our living quarters, which we still love due to its minimalistic standard, and it ain´t easy for me working, but it is possible. As it is for so many others in the village. Pam´s still looking for more than a temporary job, but that is the same as for so many others in the village. Prices still strikes fear and shock. We got our first bills the other week, electricity, water, preschool and so on. The electricity bill, no hear this, is just amazing I think, since we hardly have had any heating on, just used the oven twice a day for bread, and we always pull plugs out when not in use, but it still comes down to 60 dollars! And that is almost double to our electricity bill in Malmö where we have everything on 24 hours a day. And the water bill is 30 US. Preschool cost though Pam hardly has an income is 60 US. How locals can afford this on those low wages most have, I have no idea, but will find out. And Internet, well, 30 GB, we finished it just on doing updates in three weeks, so now we are on the maximum of a 100 GB for 195 dollars a month.

Obviously I understand that isolation, small population and other factors is behind these facts, but this is too high prices. There´s something which doesn´t add up and someone is getting very rich on the account of the many. And I suspect that monopoly and the government of the island just had down the known alley from years back without trying to make things more effective with a lower cost as a result.

We did celebrate Eid Al Adha the past week with the only Arab in the settlement and his lovely family. I have also done a very interesting interview with the only missionaries in town. At the garbage dump of the settlement, where one can learn and find a lot!